Example sentences of "[noun sg] ['s] [noun pl] do [not/n't] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although they perform these tasks , Pond 's moisturisers do n't feel greasy . |
| 2 | The most encouraging feature of the Election however , from Your Majesty 's point of view , is the strong impression that I have formed that Your Majesty 's subjects do not wish to allow themselves to be divided into warring classes or tribes filled with hereditary animosity against each other . |
| 3 | Care therefore needs to be taken to ensure that increases in value in management 's shares do not derive from a chargeable event as described above . |
| 4 | The Committee 's reports do not bind United Kingdom ministers . |
| 5 | He had meant to ask his research assistant to sketch something out for him on ‘ A Woman 's Place ’ or some such subject , but the silly girl 's talents did not encompass putting pen to paper . |
| 6 | The Archbishop 's investigators did not search for , or embrace , a fashionable solution . |
| 7 | However , this qualification of the floating charge holder 's rights does not constitute a serious erosion of the rights of the floating charge holder since he can block the making of an administration order by appointing an administrative receiver . |
| 8 | The addition of paid work to the housewife 's activities does not mean she is no longer a housewife . |
| 9 | But the addition of paid work to the housewife 's activities does not mean that she is no longer a housewife . |
| 10 | Cash 's workers did not have to go out to the sound of the factory bell or whistle , but simply went upstairs from home to workshop , and thus kept a little of the independence they prized . |
| 11 | The mercenary leader 's eyes did not leave Ratagan 's . |
| 12 | Another apparent exception to the general rule that ignorance of the plaintiff 's rights does not excuse was recognised by the Privy Council in Maynegrain Pty . |
| 13 | In cases where the husband 's finances did not improve , there was little hope of maintenance anyway and wives and children were usually forced onto the Poor Law . |
| 14 | The right hon. Gentleman 's priorities do not add up and he knows it . |
| 15 | But the victories of the court 's opponents did not endure for long . |
| 16 | ‘ The King 's men do n't know where to go . |
| 17 | It started at 9am , before Judge Baron Parke , and the first day 's proceedings did not finish until 11pm . |
| 18 | The bond 's conditions did not allow for this , so even if bought and transferred at less than par between individuals , they had to be redeemed by the Club in full . |
| 19 | father replaced mother 's lost services by caring for the infant himself , the father 's services did not accrue as a result of the death . |
| 20 | The possibility that he had been killed for some reason connected with his father 's letters did not occur to Derek . |
| 21 | Merchant 's companies do not seem to distinguish between key result areas and critical success factors . |
| 22 | If six men were left , we could not take control of the ship ; and because only six were left , the captain 's men did not need my help . |
| 23 | The man 's eyes did not open , but Bodie leaned back and watched the activity of the fingers . |
| 24 | The man 's eyes did not blink . |
| 25 | The blind man 's eyes did not let you into his mind ; they were the eyes of a doll or a toy animal . |
| 26 | Man 's ideas do not chart a steady progression towards some ultimate philosophical or scientific truth . |
| 27 | The weakest form occurs when state officials act on their own preferences in situations where society 's preferences do not diverge from theirs . |
| 28 | ‘ I look rather different without my white coat ’ , she says , ‘ but unfortunately a dancer 's legs do n't last forever ’ . |
| 29 | But the bay 's defenders do n't want to wait until their estuary is a disaster before they act . |
| 30 | The friar 's threats did n't unnerve him . |